How do I make the SAPI TTS talk faster? [from Discord] | ALSO: Can we add a keyboard shortcut to directly toggle SAPI?

[KVonGit]

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https://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?567803-RESOLVED-Text-to-Speech-speed

(That's not quite it, but it might provide the hint I need to figure this out.)

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quest/JawsApi/JawsApi.cs

Line 7 in 5782f9f

namespace JawsApi

quest/Quest/Options.vb

Line 46 in 5782f9f

{OptionNames.UseSAPI, False.ToString()}

quest/Quest/OptionsDialog.vb

Line 29 in 5782f9f

chkUseSAPI.Checked = Options.Instance.GetBooleanValue(OptionNames.UseSAPI)

quest/Quest/Main.vb

Line 189 in 5782f9f

ctlPlayer.Initialise(game, fromEditor, editorSimpleMode)

quest/Player/Player.vb

Lines 635 to 644 in 5782f9f

	Private Sub Speak(text As String) Implements IPlayer.Speak
	text = StripTags(text)
	BeginInvoke(Sub()
	If UseSAPI Then
	m_speech.SpeakAsync(text)
	Else
	JawsApi.JawsApi.JFWSayString(text, False)
	End If
	End Sub)
	End Sub

quest/Quest/OptionsDialog.Designer.vb

Line 32 in 5782f9f

Me.chkUseSAPI = New System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox()

quest/Quest/Main.Designer.vb

Line 50 in 5782f9f

Me.ctlPlayer.UseSAPI = False

[KVonGit]

I don't see an easy way to make this happen. Closing this. It will still be here for future reference (although it won't help much, anyway).

[KVonGit]

quest/Player/Player.vb

Lines 635 to 644 in 5782f9f

	Private Sub Speak(text As String) Implements IPlayer.Speak
	text = StripTags(text)
	BeginInvoke(Sub()
	If UseSAPI Then
	m_speech.SpeakAsync(text)
	Else
	JawsApi.JawsApi.JFWSayString(text, False)
	End If
	End Sub)
	End Sub

 Private Sub Speak(text As String) Implements IPlayer.Speak 
     text = StripTags(text) 
     BeginInvoke(Sub() 
                     If UseSAPI Then 
                         m_speech.SpeakAsync(text) 
                     Else 
                         JawsApi.JawsApi.JFWSayString(text, False) 
                     End If 
                 End Sub) 
 End Sub 

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Okay... I definitely need to study up on this stuff...

It looks like SAPI is one option, and JAWS is another.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/ms717077(v=vs.85)

https://www.freedomscientific.com/products/software/jaws/

[KVonGit]

Quest probably only has code to allow the player to work with JAWS when installed.

SAPI seems to be a Microsoft thing, but the guide shows instructions for XML. The elements in that doc don't have any effect on the way things are read via SAPI.

This all beyond me. I tried for a few hours.